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mission in benghazi. u.s. ambassador chris stevens and three other americans lost their lives in the attack on september 11. today, republican richard lugar said at a minimum, american diplomats never should fear for their lives. >> just as we give our men and women in uniform the weapons they need to carry out their mission, we must make sure our diplomats have all the tools they need, which include a safe place to work. >> reporter: secretary of state hillary clinton has been ailing, and did not testify today. in her stead, deputy secretaries william burns and thomas nides acknowledged the department learned very hard and painful lessons in benghazi. >> we have to do better. we owe it to our colleagues who lost their lives in benghazi. we owe it to the security professionals who acted with such extraordinary heroism that awful night to try to protect them, and we owe it to thousands of our colleagues serving america with a great dedication every day in diplomatic posts around the world. >> reporter: democrat
mission in benghazi. u.s. ambassador chris stevens and three other americans lost their lives in the attack on september 11. today, republican richard lugar said at a minimum, american diplomats never should fear for their lives. >> just as we give our men and women in uniform the weapons they need to carry out their mission, we must make sure our diplomats have all the tools they need, which include a safe place to work. >> reporter: secretary of state hillary clinton has been...
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consulate in benghazi, libya a terrorist action. in her letter, rice wrote, "the position of secretary of state should never be politicized. i'm saddened that we have reached this point." in u.s. economic news, the number of americans filing new claims for jobless benefits fell sharply last week to its second- lowest level this year. and retail sales rebounded in november, rising 0.3% but that seemingly good news did little to help stocks on wall street today. the dow jones industrial average lost almost 75 points to close at just under 13,171. the nasdaq fell more than 21 points to close at 2,992. the european union came a step closer to a full-fledged banking union today. after an all-night meeting in brussels, e.u. finance ministers agreed to give the european central bank oversight of eurozone banks, as well as banks in other e.u. countries that choose to opt-in. the european commissioner for economic and monetary affairs said the agreement was an important step forward for europe. >> last night's decision on the single supervis
consulate in benghazi, libya a terrorist action. in her letter, rice wrote, "the position of secretary of state should never be politicized. i'm saddened that we have reached this point." in u.s. economic news, the number of americans filing new claims for jobless benefits fell sharply last week to its second- lowest level this year. and retail sales rebounded in november, rising 0.3% but that seemingly good news did little to help stocks on wall street today. the dow jones industrial...
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report blaming the state department for systemic failures in security at the diplomatic mission in benghazi, libya, where four americans died. >> woodruff: from damascus, i.t.n.'s alex thomson reports on the impact the rebel siege of the syrian capital is having on supporters of the assad regime. >> in this educational district and the one next door alone, in the past two weeks 35 small children and two teachers have been killed. >> ifill: we sit down with retiring connecticut senator joe lieberman, the democrat turned independent reflects on the tragedy in his home state and his 24 years in u.s. senate. >> there is reason for people to be angry skeptical and cynical about the willingness or capacity of congress to act or stop mass violence in our country. >> woodruff: and kwame holman remembers conservative jurist former solicitor general and failed supreme court nominee robert h. bork. >> ifill: that's all ahead on tonight's "newshour." >> major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: >> support also comes from >> and with the ongoing support of these institutions and foundatio
report blaming the state department for systemic failures in security at the diplomatic mission in benghazi, libya, where four americans died. >> woodruff: from damascus, i.t.n.'s alex thomson reports on the impact the rebel siege of the syrian capital is having on supporters of the assad regime. >> in this educational district and the one next door alone, in the past two weeks 35 small children and two teachers have been killed. >> ifill: we sit down with retiring connecticut...
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consulate in benghazi, libyand and online, where do chimpanzees head when they retire? hari sreenivasan has the details. t >> sreenivasan: the national institutes of health announced plans to move more than 100 chimpanzees from a research center to a 200-acre sanctuary in louisiana, in a move to end testing on the primates for good. that's in our science roundup. all that and more is on our website newshour.pbs.org. gwen? >> ifill: and that's the "newshour" for tonight. i'm gwen ifill. >> woodruff: and i'm judy woodruff. wel see you online and again here tomorrow evening. thank you and good night. >> major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: ♪ ♪ moving our economy for 160 years. bnsf, the engine that connects us. >> support also comes from carnegie corporation of new york, a foundation created to do what andrew carnegie called "real and permanent good." celebrating 100 years of philanthropy carnegie.org. op >> and with the ongoing support of these institutions an foundations. and... >> this program was made possible by the corporation for public broad
consulate in benghazi, libyand and online, where do chimpanzees head when they retire? hari sreenivasan has the details. t >> sreenivasan: the national institutes of health announced plans to move more than 100 chimpanzees from a research center to a 200-acre sanctuary in louisiana, in a move to end testing on the primates for good. that's in our science roundup. all that and more is on our website newshour.pbs.org. gwen? >> ifill: and that's the "newshour" for tonight....
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state refused to go on the sunday programs to explain what the policy and what the findings were in benghazi. the secretary of cia did to the go. and so susan rice did. on that fateful sunday after the ambassador's assassination. i think that's probably the first example, first lesson. she was out there by herself. i mean make no mistake about it. the chorus of support was pretty muted. and when the criticism came she-- the president said she was extraordinary and got a big hand at a cabinet meeting but i didn't see anything further organized on her behalf. an there were obviously beyond john mccain's own apparent vendetta from the 2008 campaign, there was when you get susan collins and people like that starting to line up against you, i mean it seemed to be a building that was going to be a tough fight. >> i would just say she was not her, she became i think for the opponents a symbol of the libya policy which a lot of people didn't like the way the libya thing was handled even before benghazi. and so if should not reflect on her professionalism and competence but she became a symbol. >> wo
state refused to go on the sunday programs to explain what the policy and what the findings were in benghazi. the secretary of cia did to the go. and so susan rice did. on that fateful sunday after the ambassador's assassination. i think that's probably the first example, first lesson. she was out there by herself. i mean make no mistake about it. the chorus of support was pretty muted. and when the criticism came she-- the president said she was extraordinary and got a big hand at a cabinet...